PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What part of the brain controls taste?
A
cerebrum
B
cerebellum
C
brain stem
D
spinal cord
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Information from these cells is relayed to the primary gustatory cortex, or taste cortex, in the brain. Studies have found that sweet and bitter tastes are represented in distinct areas, or “fields, ‘’ of the gustatory cortex.

Detailed explanation-2: -The area of the brain responsible for storing memories of new tastes is the taste cortex, found in a relatively insulated area of the human brain known as the insular cortex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive factors, including word-level descriptions, and selective attention to affective value, modulate the representation of the reward value of taste, olfactory and flavor stimuli in the orbitofrontal cortex and a region to which it projects, the anterior cingulate cortex.

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